Horizon FLEX 1.5 now shipping
Yesterday VMware announced that Horizon FLEX 1.5 is now available for shipping. At the beginning of this yea version 1.0 was released and a few months later version 1.1. With version 1.5 already here now you can see that VMware is really putting in time and…
How to install Micro Segmentation on your vSphere cluster – a Step-by-step guide
Micro segmentation is probably the number one reason for companies with vSphere to purchase NSX. This feature inserts a packet filter in between your VMs. A filter you can configure centrally, link to single VMs, groups of VMs, kinds of VMs and specify according to your…
Removing VMware Data Security after vShield to NSX upgrade
An existing vShield environment can be upgraded to a full NSX environment, as described in my VCIX post “Upgrade VMware NSX Components”. All vShield components can be upgraded, except for one; vShield Data Security. The documentation states: NSX Data Security does not support a direct…
VDI done Right! with NexentaConnect
In this blog post, VDI Done Right! with NexentaConnect, I will dive deeper into VDI as a solution and how you can use NexentaConnect with local storage to achieve a great user experience. The most important part of a VDI project, in my opinion, is…
VMware Horizon 6.1.1
At the end of last week VMware released the latest version of VMware Horizon 6.1.1. The version number would suggest that this update contains only minor changes or bugfixes, but in fact has some very nice new features. Client Drive Redirection Users can share folders and…
VMware VSAN reusing SSD disks
Ealier this week I’ve been configuring a new VSAN cluster. The old configuration was using hardware that wasn’t complying with the VMware vSAN HCL. We ordered new raid controllers and HDD’s and reused the SSD disks, as those where compliant with the HCL. Adding and configuring…
VMware releases vRealize Production Test
Yesterday VMware released the vRealize Production Test which is an add-on tool to the vRealize Suite that you can use to monitor the production health of your vRealize Suite deployment from the initial deployment to the operational phase. By using vRealize Production Test, you can run…
vCenter Server 6 Availability Guide
vCenter Server has become a mission critical part of most virtual infrastructures. It can be a single point of failure if it is not designed for availability. vCenter Server 6 has many changes relating to vCenter Server and its components and careful consideration has to…
Important VMworld data
VMworld is only a couple of months away. From August 30 till September 3rd VMworld US will be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Last year was earth shattering, really. Hopefully this year the only earth shattering will be because of announcements…
VMware User Environment Manager released
In the past VMware bought a product that could manage your user environment. When I say manage I mean it synchronized a Windows profile to a central location and after that only loaded the files and registry settings needed at that time. When an application…
VMware App Volumes 2.7 goes GA
Today VMware announced App Volumes 2.7 to be general available. VMware App Volumes is a real-time application delivery system that enables Enterprise IT to instantly deliver applications with complete application lifecycle management. VMware App Volumes provides seamless end-user experience while reducing infrastructure and management costs. Some…
Free tool: VMware Software Manager
While browsing the VMware site I noticed a free download that I have never seen before. On March 12, 2015 VMware released VMware Software Manager. VMware Software Manager – Download Service is a tool for managing downloads of VMware suite products. The tool allows you…
New VCA exams
The virtual ink on the exam updates isn’t dry yet, and now there is already more to tell about VMware Certified Associate exams. VMware introduced a couple of new VMware Certified Associate (VCA) exams. Datacenter Virtualization. Desktop and Mobility. Datacenter Virtualization (VCA6-DCV) Introduction to the latest version…
VMware for your Citrix environment
It sounds a bit strange, but yes, now there is VMware for your Citrix environment. VMware has a lot of products for a VMware environment, but what if you have a Citrix SBC or VDI solution? Now there is a VMware bundle for that as well: VMware…
VMware Fling – PowerCLI Cmdlet for NFS
Who does not want to be like PowerCLI Man? For all of you PowerCLI fans out there, VMware Labs released a new fling a couple of days ago. The PowerCLI Cmdlet for NFS allows you to manage NFS from within PowerCLI. VMware PowerCLI is one of the…